Score
Small music : for Bb clarinet and piano / Drew Crawford.
Library shelf no. 788.62/CRA 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
With its direction to play 'momentum & dynamics ad lib', lack of barlines, and repeated phrases, the score seeks to engage the performer with the emotional implications of their choices as they interact with each other and the performance space. The melody is simple yet lyrical, with an austere, potentially haunting yet humble quality to it.
Work Details
Year: 1999
Instrumentation: Clarinet in Bb, piano.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Medium — No bar lines, quintuplets & sextuplets, grace note leaps
Commission note: Commissioned by Nigel Sabin.
First performance: by Nigel Sabin, Stephen Walter — 11 Feb 99. Seymour Centre, Chippendale, NSW, in the concert series Burns Like Fire as part of the 1999 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Arts Festival.
The composer has noted the following influences on this work:
Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe, Anne Boyd, Sydney School
Subjects
- Influenced by: Minimalism
Performances of this work
11 Feb 99: Seymour Centre, Chippendale, NSW, in the concert series Burns Like Fire as part of the 1999 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Arts Festival. . Featuring Nigel Sabin, Stephen Walter.
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